Greg Lyon: Landlocked to the East

Greg Lyon

Landlocked to the East

Greg Lyon has been a part of the Boston indie scene since the late 90′s. He has played with a multitude of bands such as: Kippertin, Pending Disappointment, The Spanish Armada, Eldridge Rodriguez and The Beatings. 2010 saw him branch off on his own for the first time with the release of Nowhere Near Poughkeepsie. A vast departure from the loud in your face songs we were accustomed to hearing from him. Nowhere Near Poughkeepsie delivered the same amount of brutal honesty, just at a slower tempo, less distortion and at a lower volume. After two years of shows, a trip to SxSW, countless songs demoed on whatever was available, Greg decided to focus on what he loves doing the most, writing and recording songs. He went on a two year binge recording his back log of songs written over the years. The fist release of this collection is a collaboration with Shaun Curran at the Napoleon Complex in Somerville MA, titled “Landlocked to the East” A natural blend of walls of sound, ambient noise and feedback behind an acoustic guitar, or stripping a song down to its bare bones and letting the the simplicity carry the song. No two songs sound alike but somehow all work well together.